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The government has introduced restrictions on the beaches of both provinces in an effort to roll back their epidemics.
JOHANNESBURG – Data from the national Health Department shows that KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape now account for more than half of the country’s more than 100,000 active cases.
The government has introduced restrictions on the beaches of both provinces in an effort to roll back their epidemics.
The regions have a combined active case number of 60,320.
With nearly 11,000 new infections detected in the last 24-hour cycle, health experts are concerned that the resurgence gripping the nation will be fueled by a new variant of the virus.
The mutation, known as the 501.v2 variant, has stunned scientists and many still contemplate the source of the pathogen.
The president of the South African Medical Association, Dr. Angelique Coetzee, said the variant first emerged on the Nelson Mandela Bay metro in the Eastern Cape, but scientists are still trying to locate its exact origin.
Coetzee said that tracking the mutation had become increasingly difficult due to the ease with which it spreads.
“We will only know as we move forward; it is very early and there is a lot of work to be done and also what we have seen with this virus is that the symptoms are not the same ”.
Coetzee said that while this mutation was cause for concern, there was no need to panic.
“The measure to take to prevent infection remains exactly the same; you have to use your mask, personal distancing, sanitation and ventilation ”.
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